Europa League
Mitchell returns to Europe and wants to put Olympiakos back in the bay
Olympiacos meet Karabagh in Georgios Karaiskakis (6/10, 10pm, COSMOTE SPORT 2, LIVE Sportish) while Mitchell returns to Europe and tries to push the Red-Whites to the brink of qualifying.
Olympiacos will play one of the most important games of the season on Thursday evening (October 6th, 10:00 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 2, LIVE Sportish). The Reds and Whites meet Karabagh in Georgios Karaiskakis on Matchday 3 of the Europa League groups.
The game is very important for Piraeus. The gaps have narrowed after defeats against Nantes and Freiburg in the first two games.
The three points will bring Olympiakos back in the qualifier as they will catch up with the Azerbaijanis to three points while the French and German teams will face off at the Europa Park stadium so one of them will lose.
Let’s not forget that the first goes straight to the round of 16 of the Europa League, the second to the playoffs for the round of 16 against the third-placed Champions League, while the third is “relegated” to the playoffs of the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League.
Mitchell returns to Europe
Mitchell made the first move to put Olympiacos back on course for success in La Liga with a hat-trick against Atromitos last Sunday 2-0. Of course he wants that in Europe too. The Red-Whites have not yet won at European level this year, they want to break a negative record in Karaiskakis in the evening.
The Spain coach, whose second spell with Piraeus began just days ago, returns to European competitions.
Most recently he sat on the UEFA bench on February 25, 2016 in the match between Marseille and Bilbao for the round of 32 of the Europa League. The game ended 1-1, with the Basques qualifying after beating Mitchell’s side 1-0 in the first leg.
The trainer of the red and white team has the know-how and experience from European competitions. He had had great nights in the Champions League on the Olympiacos bench. Like the 3:0 against Anderlecht in Belgium (2/10/13), the 1:0 against Benfica (5/11/13), the 2:0 against Manchester United (25/02/14), the 3:2 against Atlético (16/09/14 ) and the 1:0 against Juventus (22.10.14).
With the same logic, he will face the game against Qarabag, as he himself said at the game’s press conference: “It’s going to be like Juventus or Atlético. It’s going to be a European night like we used to play with those teams.”
Mitchell’s three-point shot
With Wednesday’s training in Rentis, Olympiacos completed its preparation and announced its mission. It includes Marcelo, Ui Joe Huang and Alexandros Paschalakis, while Arabi, Ba, Retsos, Androutsos were absent, as well as Vatslik, who is now off the list due to injury.
Mitchell has his plans laid out and will go with two possible formations. One possibility is the defensive trio in front of Tzolakis, which will consist of Vrsalikos, Papastathopoulos and Cisse. Avila and Ryabchuk will move on the wings, with Embila and Inbom Huang in the middle. Biel will be in front of them, with Ui Jo Huang and Gary Rodriguez in the lead.
There is also the case of the four in defense. In this case, Tzolakis, Vrsaliko, Papastathopoulos, Cisse, Reabchuk, Inbom Hwang, Gary Rodriguez, Masouras, Biel and Ui Jo Huang can compete. Everything will become clear just before the cross on Georgios Karaiskakis, which is expected to be hot.
The mission of Olympiacos: Avila, Bouhalakis, Bowler, Cisse, Inbom Huang, Aboubakar Kamara, Kunde, Embila, Marcelo, Mazouras, Doi, Reambchuk, Papadoudis, Paschalakis, Biel, Gary Rodriguez, Papastathopoulos, Tzolakis, Ui Joe Huang, Valbuena, Vrousai, Vrsaliko.
Source: sport 24
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Europa League
Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?
The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.
Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.
All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua
The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.
Next single season rankings:
- P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)
The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.
Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.
Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.
UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.
Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)
Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season
UEFA five-year rankings
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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